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A man in France has married his father's former wife, after a court battle that lasted for months.
The wedding of Eric Holder, 45, and his former stepmother Elisabeth Lorentz, 48, took place in the north-eastern village of Dabo, near the city of Metz.
The ex-husband of the bride, Mr Holder's father, was also reportedly among dozens of guests at the ceremony.
French law bans all unions between stepchildren and stepparents. But a court ruled in the couple's favour.
The prosecutor's office opposed the decision by the local court in the Lorraine region, but decided not to appeal.
The couple had earlier argued their case all the way to the office of President Francois Hollande - only to get a letter confirming that such marriages were prohibited.
After the local court's decision, Ms Lorentz said: "At last, it's the big day!"
"I simply hope that our story will be useful other couples in our situation, because I know there are some," she told AFP news agency.
And she added that her former husband "has always supported us" in the legal battle.

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Sixty-seven South Africans have been killed and scores injured in the collapse of a building in the compound of a Lagos Pentecostal church last week, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said.
"This is a particularly difficult time for South Africa. Not in the recent history of our country have we had this large
number of our people die in one incident outside the country," Zuma said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The whole nation shares the pain of the mothers, fathers, daughters and sons who have lost their loved ones."
The guest house, under construction in the compound belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations, headed by
"Prophet" T B Joshua, collapsed on Friday while three extra stories were being added to its existing two floors.
Local emergency services put the total number killed in the collapse in the Ikotun neighbourhood of Lagos at 61 on Tuesday.
There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy in the numbers.
Clayson Monyela, South Africa's head of Public Diplomacy, said over twitter that numbers took time to emerge because the team in Nigeria were not getting the the cooperation they needed.
Monyela also said the death toll could rise.
South African Department of International Relations spokesman Nelson Kgwete said in a statement on Monday that "at
least five South African church tour groups were at the Synagogue at the time of the collapse".
Another 131 people who had been in the building survived, said Ibrahim Farinloye, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency in the southwest.
Representatives of the church could not immediately be reached for comment.
TB Joshua's church draws thousands of followers from all over Africa and many other parts of the world, attracted by
claims that he and his inner circle have special healing powers, including cures for normally incurable ailments including
HIV/AIDS and chronic kidney disease.

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the Shock is Everywhere many still suprised and others are asking Questions, why Tb joshua.
Despite the collapsed building Tb joshua still talk strength to his followers on Facebook, let hear him:
To withstand hard times, stand with Christ. When you face trials, hard times, you can ‘count it all joy’ if you add faith (James 1:2-3). It is through hard times that you gain the necessary experience and maturity to handle whatever responsibility given you. We are most likely to go astray from God and forget Him when things are easy with us in the world because we often become proud and stupid with wealth and pleasure. God visits His people with hard times that they may learn His way. His ways, though hard to the ungodly men, are desirable and profitable because they lead us to safety unto eternal life.
2 Chronicles 12:5-8 - God allowed the enemy to overcome Israel so that they may learn the difference between serving God and serving the devil. If not for our hard times, we would not have sought the face of God. I mean, if not because of hard times, man by his wicked nature would not have sought the face of God. This means, God sometimes uses hard times to draw us to Himself so that we can take our proper position and possession in Him.

You will Recall...
* that on Friday News Break in that TB Joshua, one of Nigeria's best known preachers Six-storey guesthouse building for members of the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed
Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said 42 people were killed in Friday’s incident, while 130 escaped or were pulled out alive from the rubble.

What Caused the collapsed Building....
* Nigerian preacher and televangelist TB Joshua on Sunday linked a deadly building collapse at his Lagos megachurch to a suspicious aircraft but rescue workers ruled out the theory of foul play.

Tb Joshua Explain further...
"It was Friday, as I was praying; they came to call me that there was an airplane hovering over the church. They said it is like it wanted to land," his statement said.
He said about 30 minutes later, it came over the building several times.
"About five minutes after, the building came down."

But...
* NEMA’s southwest coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye rejected claims of sabotage and said extra floors were being added to the building without changing the foundations.
“If it were an act of terrorism or sabotage, it would have gone into rubble,” he told AFP at the scene.
Building collapses are common in Nigeria because of the use of sub-standard material and flouting of construction regulations.
NEMA rescue workers were only able to access the site properly at 9:00 am on Sunday and the emergency services and media had previously complained of being attacked by church security.
The Lagos state building control agency also complained that its officials were obstructed and Farinloye indicated more lives could have been saved had rescuers been able to get to the building sooner.
Rescuers wearing protective facemasks and boots used excavators to remove slabs of flattened concrete and were hunting for anyone still trapped under the wreckage of twisted metal and masonry.

Death toll jump...
* The death toll from a collapsed guesthouse at a mega-church in Nigeria's financial capital Lagos hit 57 on Tuesday, rescuers said, as they held out hopes that more survivors would be found.

on tuesday....
* Eight bodies were pulled overnight from the rubble of a collapsed guesthouse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos' Ikotun neighbourhood, Ibrahim Farinloye, southwest coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told AFP by text message.
Farinloye said rescuers extracted a woman alive from the building's rubble on Tuesday morning.
She was able to walk away from the collapse with just a broken wrist. The discovery prompted rescuers to slow down their digging in the wreckage of the guesthouse.
"It's going to be slower because we believe we can recover more people alive by the grace of God," Farinloye said, adding that rescuers were focusing on the area around the hostel's restaurant, where previous survivors have been found.

God is wise...
* God can not give you answers for the test he will give u' my good people of Nigeria Let us pray for the repose of the souls that lost their lives and those still hospitalised God will heal them perfectly

woow mine is worst i first count four i came back again this time count 3 i was like what?

sorry not to bring u live Update as early announced it was Power beyond my Control.
indeed TB JOSHUA is powerful the moment i roll out My phone for Live report i lost Network, i tried my other Sim yet no Network.
i was like what? though i love the manners n ways he respond n the CCTV Video to back is claim, may God continues to guild n bless him n also grant hope to the deceases family, am Ej from Ikotun signing out

Am inside the Church n the church Choir are singing Praises Right Now.
I am with Ola who is standing to bring us Update outside the Church Premises

Lesotho's minister of public service, Motloheloa Phooko, told AFP on Monday (Sep 1) that he was the country's acting prime minister, after the elected premier fled the country amid an apparent coup.

In Addition...
* the minister told AFP on Monday (Sep 1) that he was the country's acting prime minister, after the elected premier fled the country amid an apparent coup.
"I am acting prime minister," the minister said from Maseru, citing "cabinet protocol" for his appointment while the prime minister and deputy prime minister are in South Africa.

Why the Crisis...
* Tensions have besieged the small mountainous kingdom since early last year. In June this year Thabane suspended parliament after opposition groups pushed for a vote of no-confidence in him.

Timeline....
* On Saturday, the Lesotho Defence Force took over the radio and TV stations, resulting in a total black out in broadcast. The army had also taken over several police stations, including the police headquarters in an apparent coup d’état, although no one has claimed to have taken over the kingdom by force.

Where is the Prime Minister...
* According to reports in the media Thabane and Deputy Prime Minister Mothejoa Metsing are presently in South Africa. Thabane said he would not return to Lesotho while he still fears for his life.
“I have been removed from control not by the people but by the armed forces, and that is illegal,” Thabane reportedly said.
“I will return as soon as my life is not in danger… I will not go back to Lesotho to get killed.

South Africa Involvement....
* Speculation has been rife regarding the SA national Defence Force’s (SANDF) involvement in the crisis after the ‘Sunday Times’ published a story headlined “SA Special Forces Foil Lesotho Coup”. The article reported that SANDF troops entered Lesotho on Friday and helped Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane flee to South Africa in a pre-dawn raid on Saturday

Meanwhile...
* High-level talks will continue in Pretoria on Monday to try to end the political crisis in Lesotho.
Foreign ministers of several Southern African Development Community (SADC) states met in Pretoria on Sunday night to discuss a reported coup in the Lesotho capital of Maseru.
International relations spokesperson Clayson Monyela says President Jacob Zuma called the meeting in his capacity as chair of SADC’s organ on politics and defence.

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Happening Now, Okada Riders are and Police are in hot battle in Okerube in Lagos state.
Accord to what i saw, the police men Demands for Settlement (Money) from the Okada Men, of which they were settle, later on the police men still went ahead to seized one Man which Anger the Okada Men leading to an Attack on the policemen.
in a swift Reaction, 3 combined team of Police Storm Okerube this time with Full force. Right Now i Can see 3 police Vehicle n some policemen fire on fleeing Okada men

Vietnam has released two Nigerians isolated after arriving from west Africa with fevers, saying they show no symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus.
Ebola test results for the pair are not yet known but the health ministry said their condition had improved.
"After 24 hours of monitoring, the two patients were without fever, showing no abnormal signs or symptoms related to Ebola," it said in a statement released late Wednesday.
The two men will be put under "community surveillance" for three weeks from the date they left the affected area, the ministry said.
Airline passengers sitting next to the pair -- who travelled to Vietnam on Monday from Nigeria via Qatar -- have also been advised to monitor their health conditions.
Vietnam has introduced mandatory temperature checks at its two major international airports in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in a bid to prevent passengers bringing the deadly virus into the country.
According to the World Health Organisation, the latest official toll from Ebola has jumped 106 in two days to 1,350 dead, with the bulk of cases in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
In Myanmar a local man is still undergoing tests after arriving from Guinea with a fever.

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Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited has started phased delivery of low priced made-in-Nigeria cars assembled at the company's plant in Lagos to its provisional dealers nationwide
This is coming barely three months after Stallion Group owners of the multivehicle plant roll-out made-in-Nigeria Nissan range of vehicles in April.
The Chairman of Stallion Group, Mr. Sunil Vaswani who broke the news recently said the new vehicles "will be affordably priced" in other to give Nigerians a break from the stranglehold of wholesale vehicle importers.
Some of the deliveries in the passenger car segment are Hyundai i10, Grand, Elantra and iX35 SUV, while the 10-ton HD160; seven-ton HD 120; five-ton HD78 and three-ton HD65 constitute vehicles in the light commercial vehicle segment and 28+1 seater Hyundai County bus and 30-seater Stallion County are in the commuter bus category.
Hyundai Motors Nigeria has hitherto announced starting price of between NGN1.5m and NGN1.9m for the i10 and Grand models respectively, having announced in July it was commencing phased production of affordably priced Hyundai models.
Hyundai Motors Nigeria plant Managing Director, Tokunbo Aromolaran has said the vehicles are built to the world's highest automotive operating standard - ISO/TS 16949.
The ISO/TS 16949 is the highest automotive operating standard in the world and its benefits include improved quality processes with streaming supply chains that leads to better overall product, Mr. Aromalaran explained.
He said: "We are glad to inform Nigerians that we have delivered on our promise to make available affordably priced vehicles - thanks to strong-willed President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the indefatigable supervisory roles of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment headed by Dr. Olusegun Aganga."
The first phase delivery establishes a system of record for the complete vehicle program which will gradually be expanded to meet the ever-increasing demands for functional vehicle in Nigeria, the plant director said.
He enjoined: "Prospective customers to walk into any of our dealership showrooms nationwide to buy value-driven made-in-Nigeria Hyundai certified vehicles."
Hyundai i10, Grand, Elantra and iX35 SUV are elegantly crafted functional cars with eye-popping styling, good fuel economy with fantastic driving experience and modest starting price for every desiring buyer.
Mr. Parvir Singh, Group Managing Director (sale, marketing and Dealer Development) Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited who received the made-in-Nigeria vehicles on behalf of provisional dealers described the accomplishment as a milestone in the history of Nigeria's evolving automotive industry, urging customers to take advantage of the discounted price to patronize certified made-in-Nigeria Hyundai vehicles.

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The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has partly broken his silence on his defection from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party, saying the step he took was in the pursuit of a “good cause”.
The 2011 presidential flagbearer of the Action Congress of Nigeria, a party which merged with other opposition political parties to form the APC, made his first comment on the defection to the PDP early hours of Tuesday
He promised to give details of his next political steps “in due time” but added that his decision to join the PDP was not borne out of selfish interests as being portrayed in some quarters.
He said, “As for my next step in this political struggle, this would be made known in due time. For now, I wish to assure you that my defection is in pursuit of a good cause, and never out of any selfish interests as portrayed by a section.
“Thanks for bearing with me on this decision, and for those who have been in solidarity with my struggles and still giving me the benefits of the doubt, I’m most grateful. I’ll never let you down on this new path.”
Ribadu formally joined the PDP on Saturday, and on Monday he picked the PDP’s Expression of Interest form to run for the forthcoming Adamawa State governorship bye-election slated for October 11.
Though he did not mention it in his Facebook post, the ex-EFCC boss is believed to have left the APC because he felt it would be impossible for him to realise his governorship ambition on the platform of the APC.
He is also said to be habouring many unresolved grievances against the leadership of the APC, who he believed failed to compensate him for his sacrifices for the party.
Parts of such sacrifices, according to sources in his political camp, were his roles in wooing some PDP governors to the APC and his readiness to sacrifice his presidential ambition for the progress of the party.
He is also said to have felt sidelined by the party, which sources close to him, said was no longer inviting him to key meetings at both state and national levels.
All the candidates he also backed for the state and national offices of the party were also said to have been dropped.

In addition...
* he was said to have been disappointed that the APC failed to mobilise sufficient support to block the impeachment of the former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, whose stay in office till 2015 he considered critical to his chances of winning the governorship election in 2015.
But in his Tuesday’s Facebook post, which he addressed to his friends, Ribadu maintained that his defection to join the PDP was taken after careful consideration and was not done to hurt anybody’s feelings.
He was apparently forced to make his first comment on the defection in order to debunk statements credited to him as “disparaging” APC and its members, including Governors Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano).
He denied making such statements.
Ribadu said, “I know how difficult it may be for you to come to terms with my defection to another party. But I must assure you that it’s a carefully considered decision for which I do not wish to hurt anyone’s feeling. I’ll not embark on a needless animosity with my good friends, irrespective of political, religious, regional and ethnic affiliations.
“Let me quickly make it known that I did not issue a statement disparaging APC and its members, including Governors Amaechi, Kwankwaso… These were clearly fabricated, expected backlash, by mischievous characters interested in misleading the public and drawing a picture of non-existent feuds between me and my good friends.
“My defection shouldn’t be seen as an initiation of political antagonism with my good friends in another party. I still hold them in high esteem, and even where there are marked differences, I believe there are decorous and honorable ways of resolving them. So, kindly disregard any statement said to be by me attacking the personality of any politician since my defection. I’ll never allow myself to be drawn into such disrespectful exchange.”

In a related development...
* As the deadline for the collection and submission of the governorship forms for the Adamawa state governorship election (Aug 20) nears, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former military administrator of Lagos state, Buba Marwa, son of the immediate chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Awwal Tukur have collected the party’s governorship form slated for October 11.
Others that have paid the mandatory fee of N10 million and N1 million Expression of Interest form include the former Minister of state (Health), Dr. Idi Hong, acting governor, Umar Fintiri, former Political Adviser to the president, Ahmed Gulak and former Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Ahmed Moddibo.
Ribadu who picked his governorship form through his political associate, Hammidu Mahmud at the national secretariat of the PDP told newsmen that he is not aware President Goodluck Jonathan has anointed Ribadu as the PDP governorship candidate.

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Etihad Airways has disinfected one of its planes as a precautionary measure after the health officials said a Nigerian passenger who died after flying into Abu Dhabi may have been infected with the Ebola virus.
“Haad [Health Authority Abu Dhabi] said that although she displayed symptoms consistent with an Ebola viral infection, her existing medical condition provided an adequate medical explanation for her death, and the UAE Ministry of Health stated that there is no risk to the community, fellow passengers or airport staff as a result of this incident,” a spokesman for the airline said on Tuesday.
“However, the health and safety of its passengers is a priority for Etihad Airways and, as part of the standard safety and precautionary measures prescribed by IATA [International Air Transportation Association] for cases involving infectious diseases, the plane has been disinfected and the deceased woman’s spouse has been placed under observation pending the result of the test. He is well with no symptoms.”
On Sunday, Haad said the 35-year- old woman was travelling from Nigeria to India for treatment of advanced metastatic cancer. At the time of resuscitation she had shown signs that may be consistent with Ebola virus infection.
Nigeria is one of many West African countries battling to contain the virus that, as of last week, had killed 961 people, according to the World Health Organisation.
“Full safety and precautionary measures have been taken by the medical staff who attended the patient according to the World Health Organisation standards for dealing with suspected cases of infectious diseases,” the Haad statementsaid on Sunday.
“In addition, all contacts of the patient [her husband, who was the only person sitting next to her on the plane, and five medics who resuscitated her] are in isolation pending the result of Ebola testing on the patient. They are all well with no symptoms.”
The Ministry of Health assured the public that there is no risk to the community, to fellow passengers on the plane from Nigeria and those in the airport, reported state news agency Wam.
Last week, Etihad Airways said it was closely monitoring the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It continues to operate its daily flights to and from Nigeria and is in contact with medical authorities in the region and around the world regarding the potential risks.

In a related Development...
* Ebola: Woman Smashes Man’s Head For Hugging Her
A woman who was afraid of contracting the deadly Ebola virus yesterday smashed a beer bottle on a man’s head for hugging her in Ajah area of Lagos State.
The woman identified as Bunmi was said to have been angry when her friend, Ademola Ojikutu, held her from behind without her consent.
Her elder sister, Yemi, told LEADERSHIP that her sister was afraid of contracting Ebola and had since refused to shake anybody including her (Yemi).
Yemi said she was discussing with her sister, Bunmi, at Ilaje area when Ojikutu held her from behind.
Yemi said her sister was enraged and, out of anger, picked a bottle from a nearby beer parlour and smashed it on his head.
She said blood gushed out from his head and people had to rush him to a nearby hospital in the
area.
She said she was not happy about what her sister did but the man was also wrong to hold her from behind when she was not his lover.

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the Fear of EBola virus is the begining of LONG LIFE According to Leardership Newspaper, A woman who was afraid of contracting the deadly Ebola virus yesterday smashed a beer bottle on a man’s head for hugging her in Ajah area of Lagos State.
The woman identified as Bunmi was said to have been angry when her friend, Ademola Ojikutu, held her from behind without her consent.
Her elder sister, Yemi, told LEADERSHIP that her sister was afraid of contracting Ebola and had since refused to shake anybody including her (Yemi).
Yemi said she was discussing with her sister, Bunmi, at Ilaje area when Ojikutu held her from behind.
Yemi said her sister was enraged and, out of anger, picked a bottle from a nearby beer parlour and smashed it on his head.
She said blood gushed out from his head and people had to rush him to a nearby hospital in the
area.
She said she was not happy about what her sister did but the man was also wrong to hold her from behind when she was not his lover.

THIS IS COMING AS...
* The makers of the NANO SILVER drug and the Managing Director, Natural Solutions Foundation, United States, Dr. Rima Laibow, in a Webcast on youtube,
has refuted claims that the drug Nano Silver is not safe for the management of the Ebola Virus Disease.
Dr Laibow Further stated the controversial drug has been deployed by her team of scientists in the management of Ebola patients in some African countries before now.
She said, “Ebola is surging through various parts of Africa, and it is just a plane ride from the rest of the
world.

Why rejecting the Drug...
* Nano Silver has not been approved globally for the management of the disease, Laibow noted
that the drug had to go through different stages of trial before it could have been brought forward.
She stated that her team of experts are ready to assist any country interested in using the experimental drug for the management of Ebola and other communicable diseases.
Laibow added, “ There are different scientific reasons
why we could not just go public with it, but it has been brought forward now. It is available in large
quantities and it is unlimited in its effectiveness. The Natural Solutions Limited and I, stand ready to assist the people of the world in deploying safe, non toxic inexpensive and available solution against Ebola and every other communicable disease which threatens us on this planet.”

New development....
* 4 Victims Recover From Ebola, Discharged From Hospital in Nigeria,
Two doctors, a nurse and a patient, infected with Ebola Virus Disease were discharged from the quarantine unit of the Emergency Operation Centre, EOC, at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos.
Five Nigerians have so far recovered from the deadly virus and have been discharged from quarantine.

Previous Development...
* Liberian officials were searching Monday for 17 Ebola patients who fled an attack on a quarantine centre in the capital Monrovia, raising fears that they could spread the deadly and highly contagious disease.
“We have not yet found them,” Information Minister Lewis Brown said, adding that “those who looted the place took away mattresses and bedding that were soaked with fluids from the patients.”
On Saturday youths wielding clubs and knives raided the medical facility set up in a high school in the dense-populatedWest Point slum, some shouting “there’s no Ebola”, echoing wild rumours that the epidemic has been made up by the West to oppress Africans.
The authorities are now considering sealing off the area, home to around 75,000 people, although some reports suggest the infected patients may have already fled West Point.

Also...
* The World Health Organisation (WHO), has advised authorities in countries affected by Ebola to check people departing at international airports, seaports and major border crossings.
A statement issued by the UN health agency recommended that people with any signs of the virus should be stopped from traveling.
The agency reiterated that the risk of getting infected with Ebola on an aircraft was small and said there was no need for wider travel or trade restrictions.

* You will also recall that,
The Osun state government had barred foreign tourists from participating in this years Osun Osogbo festival due to Ebola fears

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President-General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Chief {Major General} Patrick Newton Aziza (rtd) dieon Saturday
The news of the dead of the retired Major General came as a suprise to the Urhobo nation as they less expected him to depart from this earth as at the time that they needed him most.
Until his death , he was the serving President General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) an umbrella body for all Urhobo sons and daughters.
The news of Aziza who was born in Okpe local Government Area in Delta State on 23 December 1947 death of started circulating across Urhoboland and social network (most especially facebook) from the early hours of saturday.
Aziza was the first military Governor of Kebbi State, Nigeria after it was split off from Sokoto State on 27 August 1991 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
The cause of his death is yet to be know by Urhobotoday because all means to reach his family members and UPU leadership has proven abortive as at the time of filling this report.
General Aziza was rulling a second tenure as President General of UPU after securing 301 votes to beat his opponent, Chief O.C. Majoroh who scored 224 votes in an election that was held at Ultra Modern Urhobo Cultural Centre, Uvwiamuge, Delta State late last year.
He was suppose to rule for three years after winning the election The election that was conducted by an Electoral Committee headed by the Independent Electoral (INEC) Commissioner of Cross River State, Barr. Mike Igini

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Nigeria get this one right, as am writing this report Many are still Trouble why 3 men were arrested.
At about 3:46 pm a team of Police intercept a moving Vihicle with no plate Number, according to all indication they have been chasing the group before they were stop at igando market.

How they were caught:

Just close to Igando market,polices started shooting just to stop the moving vihicle, eventually police men use their vihicle to Double cross the group of kidnappers after which the two children were resue,angry youth try to attack the kidnappers but were forcely taken away by police

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How come his wife Mrs sawyer not affected with the deadly virus, i think someone is playing prank here.

SOMEHOW should please drag that woman for test

Turkish Health Ministy officials have said Wednesday that the 32-year-old Nigerian woman and her son, who were put under medical supervision at Istanbul Ataturk International Airport for showing symptoms of the Ebola virus, are suffering from malaria.
The Nigerian woman named Stella Omorowa and her four-year-old son were on a Turkish Airlines flight from Lagos in Nigeria to Istanbul on Tuesday when the mother told the cabin crew she was feeling unwell.
According to the Health Ministry, the woman who was complaining of high fever and vomiting after arriving at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport, has been diagnosed with malaria.
Ministry officials said that the woman needs urgent treatment, she has severe form of malaria.
The woman is still being medically examined, and whether she has the virus has not yet been determined, the officials said.
Ebola, a contagious disease for which there is no definite treatment or cure, has been responsible for more than 1,000 deaths in West Africa since and the latest outbreak in February. The virus has been largely confined to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone except two deaths in Nigeria and a health worker who died in Spain on Tuesday.
The tropical fever, which first appeared in 1976 in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, can be transmitted to humans from wild animals and also spreads through contact with the body fluids of an infected person.
Doctors say common symptoms of Ebola include high fever and headaches, followed by vomiting and internal and external bleeding.

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World football governing body FIFA have demanded for a full explanation regarding the purported dismissal of Aminu Maigari as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Maigari was allegedly sacked by his executive committee on July 24.
But in a letter dated August 4, 2014, to NFF general secretary Musa Amadu and signed by deputy secretary general Markus Kattner, FIFA demanded a more detailed explanation leading to Maigari’s sack.
They asked for the agenda of the executive committee meeting that sacked Maigari, the conditions for the amendment of the agenda and whether the president was given the chance to defend himself.
FIFA also stated that the dismissal of any executive committee member was the prerogative of the NFF general assembly and not the executive committee.
The world football ruling body also expressed surprise that despite the lifting of the suspension of the country, the situation in Nigeria has become “so inextricable”.
Elections to the executive committee are due to be conducted on August 26.
And on the heels of the letter from FIFA, the NFF executive committee on Thursday suspended two other members, Chris Green and Yusuf Ahmed, for what they described as “anti-board activities”.

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GAY Activist Confronts Nigerian President During Washington Visit


WASHINGTON, (NN1)—A gay Nigerian activist who sought asylum in the United States confronted President Goodluck Jonathan over the country’s recently passed anti-LGBT law at a dinner in the president’s honor hosted by business groups in Washington on Wednesday.
Micheal Ighodaro left Nigeria in 2012 after his ribs and hand were brokenin an attack in the capital of Abuja and is now a fellow at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission in New York. He approached Jonathan during a $200-per-plate dinner hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, held on the sidelines of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit organized by the White House this week.
Ighodaro challenged the president about the Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Act, signed into lawin January, which also criminalizes advocating LGBT rights and displays of affection between people of the same-sex. Since its passage, there have been several reportsof mob attacks targeting people alleged to be LGBT.
Ighodaro told BuzzFeed that Jonathan replied, “The situation of homosexuals in Nigeria is delicate, but during this week the topic has come up a lot and it is something we will continue to look into, especially the attacks. If you think the law is unconstitutional you have the right to go to court and fight [to strike] it down,” which Ighodaro interpreted as a reference to similar Ugandan legislation struck downby the country’s Constitutional Court on Friday.
Jonathan’s speech to the dinner was devoted almost entirely to economic issues, but he seemed to make a vague reference to the anti-LGBT law at the very end of his remarks, as well as to the issue that has dominated U.S. coverage of Nigeria in recent months — the abduction of more than 300 school girls by Islamist militants in the northeastern part of the country. Jonathan said:
I cannot end my remarks without making reference to two issues that my ambassador here is spending much of his time explaining to you…. about the issue of sexuality in the country. Let me reassure you that, well, of course we have challenges. The issue of terror [is] very very negative for us, come to torment so many countries, and … we are receiving our fair share of terror in the local [group] called Boko Haram, that’s recently has been taking some school girls. But we are working very hard to bring it under control, and surely we’ll bring it under control.
The president then closed his speech and was presented with a gift by leaders of the Corporate Council on Africa and the Chamber of Commerce before leaving the hall.

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The White House
Office of the Vice President
For Immediate Release
August 05, 2014
Vice President Biden welcomed President Goodluck Jonathan of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the White House today on the margins of the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Vice President Biden and President Jonathan agreed that Nigeria and the United States would work together to urgently contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus.The Vice President welcomed the Government of Nigerias work to improve its business climate, which continues to attract U.S. investors.The President and Vice President agreed on the importance of deepening trade and investment, and the critical role that access to electricityincluding through the advancement of Power Africaplays in supporting that goal. Lastly, the President and Vice President discussed Nigerias efforts to counter Boko Haram. The Vice President reiterated U.S. partnership in defeating the terrorist threat and the need to pursue holistic approaches that respect and protect human rights. The Vice President also underscored the importance of supporting Nigerias effort to improve the socioeconomic and security conditions in northern Nigeria.

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Saudi Arabia Health Ministry: Man suspected of having Ebola dies in hospital in Jeddah


SAUDI ARABIA, (NN1)—The Saudi man who was suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus died on Wednesday in Jeddah, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
Ibrahim Al-lZahrani, a businessman in his 40s, passed away at the King Fahd Hospital, where he was admitted Monday night after showing symptoms of viral hemorrhagic fever.
Preliminary testing at a specialized laboratory was negative for Dengue virus. Additional tests were carried out to determine if the source of the infection is yellow fever, Alkhumra or another virus.
The MOH has submitted samples of the patient to an international reference laboratory in the United States as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Additional samples are being sent to an accredited laboratory in Germany.
Preparations for burial will be performed at the hospital in keeping with Islamic religious practices and international guidelines for patients suspected of having an infectious disease like Ebola.
MOH officials have been in direct and continuous contact with the family of the patient. Public health experts began retracing the patient’s travels upon notification of his symptoms and travel history. They are currently monitoring the people he came into contact with for any symptoms associated with viral hemorrhagic fever.
Saudi Arabia announced in April that it was not issuing visas for the 2014 Haj and Umrah to pilgrims from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea due to these countries suffering from an Ebola outbreak. Medical workers are monitoring travelers at airports and seaports across the Kingdom.
Pilgrims from Ebola-endemic countries will be identified at disembarkation points in the Kingdom. The ministry has fielded special teams at air, land and sea entry points to identify pilgrims who are suffering from the disease.
The ministry has been carefully following online instructions issued by the WHO on the issue. The ministry also sporadically issues quarantine requirements to Saudi missions abroad.
Appeal for help
Meanwhile, the WHO on Monday appealed for contributions to combat the deadly Ebola disease in West Africa, saying hundreds of doctors, nurses, health staff, and materials are needed in the region as soon as possible.
WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said an emergency response will be implemented this week after being agreed by the chief of the agency and the presidents of the three most affected countries Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
WHO Secretary-General Margaret Chan and the three West African leaders agreed on an Ebola disease response plan involving three co-centric rings in the most-affected areas along their common border, Hartl said.
They want to institute emergency measures to encourage people to stay in those areas and not leave, to control the spread of the disease to other areas, Hartl said , adding that his organization would increase supplies of food and other benefits into the areas so that people can stay there.
As a result of the plan, the UN agency has launched an appeal for $100 million from donor countries. “ We need many more contributions from the international community, from governments, from NGOs (non-governmental organizations), academic institutions, from anyone who can provide us with doctors, nurses, and other public-health staff, Hartl said.
An Ebola outbreak has been ongoing in Sierra Leone since May 2014 and has also affected Liberia and Guinea. More than 825 people have died to date, making this the largest outbreak of Ebola in history.
At least three Americans have been infected, two of whom are health care workers at an Ebola clinic.
About the virus
Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease that affects and kills up to 90 percent of humans infected with the virus.The Ebola virus is passed to humans through close contact with animals, such as fruit bats, monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees, carrying the virus.
Infected patients are highly contagious and pass the virus on to others who come in close contact with them either by exposure to objects that have been contaminated with infected blood or bodily fluids or through direct contact with the infected person’s blood or bodily fluids.
The incubation period for Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever is typically one week, during which time, the infected person will suffer from an array of symptoms such as fever, chills, back pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. As the virus progresses, those infected will experience a rash over their entire body, swelling of the eyes and genital area, bleeding from the mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and rectum, followed by shock, coma and death in many cases.

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Na today you know, US is a key Sponsor of Boko Haram Just to weaken Nigeria Status as Africa Giant why Amnesty Internation is US Talking Drum, hmmm we need to ignored them # United Nigeria

UPDATE: minute to Minute Coverage By News 24

One fatality so far in#Orkney when a wall collapsed on a man.#earthquake#tremor#southafrica@ER24Potch now assisting at several mines.
— ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd ® (@ER24EMS)August 5, 2014
13:51 - Council of Geosciences geologist Michelle Grobbelaar has confirmed the magnitude of the earthquake in the KOSH (Klerksdorp, Orkney, Stilfontein, Hartebeesfontein) region as 5.5.
13:42 - AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, Gold Fields and Sibanye Gold have felt tremors in their headquarters but has so far not reported anything untoward in their mines.
Read more here
13:40 - The situation in Orkney is under control though, says the local EMS spokesperson Tommy Deysel.
13:40 - A house has collapsed in Orkney as well.
13:37 -
Reports of people trapped in a collapsed building. Orkney EMS's Tommy Deysel says another building has been evacuated.
A school in the area was also damaged.
13:35 - No reports yet of injuries but there are reports of buildings collapsing and a team has been sent down to a mine shaft in North West to check on mineworkers.
13:32
our disaster management system we are busy building shows the earth quake originated from orkney under a mine#tremorpic.twitter.com/bTIgdTFKNh
— Johann Combrink (@cyclone321)August 5, 2014
13:28 -
We're now seeing reports that the quake has caused buildings to collapse in Orkney. Emergency services are on their way.
Did you feel the tremor in your area? Tell us where. Have you heard of anybody injured? UploadPHOTOS, uploadSTORIES, orE-MAIL.
13:25 -
AngloGold Ashanti says it has sent a team down its shafts to check on its teams.
Meanwhile, we got this mail from a user:
Hi from the Airport We felt the earthquake here. There were two distinct shock waves and the earth rumbled the whole time between these two shockwaves or shakes.
After the second shockwave everyone was evacuated!
I called my wife, we stay about 5km away as the bird flies, and they have one constant shockwave for the entire time!
Regards Martin De Villiers
13:23
Spare a thought for the men& women working in the depths of the earth in SA's mines, in the dark, in an#earthquake.#realimpact
— Dinesh Balliah (@DineshBalliah)August 5, 2014
13:20 - A News24 user also claims they felt it in Durban. Anyone else out that side who felt it?
13:17 -
See a map of where our users felt the tremor:
13:16
Wow 5.3 on#richterscale felt throughout the country& registered by#USGS Earthquake Hazard Centre in#USApic.twitter.com/4FS5jDrKsi
— Karin Human (@karin_human)August 5, 2014
13:14 - "We live in Malanshof, Randburg and we felt it very bad, I said to my husband, that for all the years of my life, living in Gauteng, I have never experienced (a quake) so powerful. Really got scared, our ceiling fans was shaking!" - News24 user H Vermeulen
13:12 - The quake was also felt in the last hour in areas including Kempton Park, Glenhazel, Melviille, Sandton, Pretoria, Fourways, Krugersdorp.
13:09 - A News24 user claims they even felt tremors in the southern suburbs of Cape Town. Not sure about that. Didn't feel anything at my office in the CBD. But you never know.
13:07 -Did you feel the tremor in your area? Tell us where. Have you heard of anybody injured? UploadPHOTOS, uploadSTORIES, orE-MAIL.
13:06 - It's understood that the epicentre is 6 kilometres east of Orkney in the North West province at a depth of 10 kilometres.
13:05 - Getting tweets from people saying the tremor was felt in Secunda, Pretoria and even Botswana.
12:59 -
The quake was felt quite widely, the Council for Geoscience’s Michelle Grobbelaar told News24.
Grobbelaar said initial reports show that the epicenter of the quake was in the Klerksdorp mining area.
12:58 -
According to a Reuters report, it was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake, shaking buildings in Johannesburg.
The US Geological Survey said the tremor was centred in Orkney, 120km southwest of Johannesburg, an area with a high concentration of gold mines.
12:57
Anybody else feel that#Johannesburg tremor just now? Set the cat among the pigeons in the@eNCAnews newsroom, I say
— Nickolaus Bauer (@NICKolausBAUER)August 5, 2014
12:56
Please tell me I wasn't the only one to feel that tremor that just shook my house in Joburg. My Mac is still shaking.
— Gus Silber (@gussilber)August 5, 2014
12:56 -
Johannesburg - An earth tremor was felt in Johannesburg and other parts of the country shortly after midday on Tuesday, according to reports.
A number of Twitter users took to the social network to share their experiences of the tremor.Reports indicated the tremor was felt in other parts of the country, as far afield as Bloemfontein and Durban.
According to a tweet, the tremor measured 5.3 on the Richter scale.

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake shakes central South Africa, rocks Joburg buildings


See how South Africa press Report to the quake

The earthquake, which struck just before 12:30 was felt from the Free State, to KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, North West and Mpumalanga.
The US Geological Survey said the tremor was centred in Orkney, 120 km southwest of Johannesburg, an area with a high concentration of gold mines.
Emergency services across the country were being put on high alert in all metropolitans amid fears of serious injuries after the quake struck apparently near the mining town of Orkney.
TimesLive readers took to Facebook to share their experiences, spanning Johannesburg and Soweto to Centurion and Pretoria, Midrand, Marabastad, Bloemfontein and Upington, and even Durban.
“All the windows of my house are broken because of it,” said Sello Makaveli Naphtally Morudu from Botswana.
Nyiko Nicolaus Mkari wrote, “It just happened in Soshanguve. I was in the library and I saw the whole building shaking. I was almost dead. Thank God!”
“I was just relaxing on my bed and I heard it shaking. I was so scared,” wrote Solly Mayala Gumede from Olifantsfontein.
Lesego Sylvia Mabe said from the Centurion Lake, “I'm on the first floor and felt a terrible shake as if the floor was collapsing”.
Vivian Pitschlitz in Ferndale, Randburg, said “the entire office building felt like it was rocking”.
“At Welkom it was heavy,” reported Sipho Neff Jwili while Kgothatso Mama'lee Phiri from Pretoria central wrote, “I got goose bumps”.
Iris Allen commented, “We felt it quite strongly in Potchefstroom. Took me totally by surprise - did not know we got them here!”
Jeanette Bergoff on the East Rand was overwhelmed, saying: “My chair was shaking and I could feel it through the soles of my shoes. I felt quite ill as it was happening. Pictures shaking on the walls, cupboard doors opening and closing. Quite bizarre. I literally felt the roof rattling as well. I have never experienced anything like this”.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2014/08/05/magnitude-5.3-earthquake-shakes-central-south-africa-rocks-joburg-buildings

SOUTH AFRICA, (NN1)���A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit central South Africa on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the financial capital of Johannesburg.
The US Geological Survey said the tremor was centred in Orkney, 120 kilometres south-west of Johannesburg, an area with a high concentration of deep gold mines.
Officials at AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, Gold Fields and Sibanye Gold said they had felt the tremors in their headquarters but had so far received no reports of anything untoward in their mines.
The area round Johannesburg and to its south is home to some of the deepest gold mines in the world.

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